The celebration of the coronation of ANNA IVANOVNA (1693-1740) of Russia. Her engraved portrait is by Wortmann after Caravaque. The other plates include depictions of fireworks, the coronation, insignias etc. Bound in are a number of very rare smaller pamphlets and broadsides, announcing the arrival of a delegation from the Emperor of China and the Shah of Persia. Anna Ivanovna is well remembered for holding lavish celebrations, including the wedding of Prince Michael Golitsyn-Kvasnik to Avdotia Buzheninova which was celebrated in a specially designed ice house carved from the frozen River Neva. Berlin 3095; Lipperheide Sk3; Vinet 776.